DPH Reports 30th Death in Stephens due to Covid-19

The Georgia Department of Public Health is reporting another death in Stephens County due to complications of Covid-19 bringing the total to 30.

The latest report was released Thursday afternoon.

DPH now has a total of 914 positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County since the beginning of the global pandemic.

In other neighboring counties, DPH is still reporting Habersham County with a total of 65 deaths, and now 1,423 total positive cases of the virus, Franklin County has had 639 cases and 11 deaths, Rabun County has a total of 305 cases and 7 deaths, Hart County has had 460 cases and 11 deaths, and Banks County has a total of 419 cases and 6 deaths.

Across the state of Georgia, the Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 289,123 cases, of those, 26,062 have been hospitalized and 6,204 have died from complications of the virus.